In my actual app, I have multiple fields which needs to be populated along
with file upload. I have never used CURL before, so I don't know how to
handle this case. I can try with --data-binary but I am not sure if other
fields will work.
On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 5:01:07 PM UTC-5, Dave S wrote:
>
>
>
> On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 11:22:19 AM UTC-8, Sarbjit wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to use CURL to upload a file in the 'upload' field using REST
>> services. But on using the command, some garbage is getting uploaded, even
>> though it shows as type "file" but I could not download the file (invalid
>> request) and the URL becomes too lengthy (looks like the file contents are
>> uploaded)
>>
>> Models
>>
>> db.define_table('test', Field('date', 'datetime'),
>> Field('user'),
>> Field('upload_data','upload'))
>>
>> Controllers
>>
>> @request.restful()
>> def api():
>> response.view = 'generic.json'
>>
>>
>> def GET(tablename, id):
>> if not tablename == 'test':
>> raise HTTP(400)
>> return dict(record = db.test(id))
>>
>>
>> def POST(tablename, **fields):
>> if not tablename == 'test':
>> raise HTTP(400)
>> return db.test.validate_and_insert(**fields)
>>
>>
>> return locals()
>>
>> CURL syntax
>>
>> curl POST -i -F upload_data=@somefile.zip http:
>> //<servername>:8000/testapp/default/api/test.json
>>
>>
>> Has anyone used the CURL to upload a file (zip file) with web2py?
>>
>
> You're using -F which is for Form data ... is that what you want?
>
> I use --data-binary for a zip file, to an NginX front end, and that works
> just fine. (-d does not work; my zip file gets truncated at the first 0,
> and I think there's URL_ENCODING applied before that ). Curl isn't the
> usual client for my app -- instead, I use libcurl inside my app, which
> doesn't seem to mind binary. I do set the content-type header, and I
> provide the size via CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE.
>
> /dps
>
>
>
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